HNT Notebook: Storybook season had unhappy end for St. Joseph

2:56 AM,
Mar. 22, 2013

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The St. Joseph High School basketball team had a storybook season. All that was missing was the Hollywood ending.

St. Joseph, the Home News Tribune Boys Basketball Team of the Year, became the first school from Middlesex County to advance to the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions final, where they ultimately fell to Roselle Catholic.

The Falcons garnered immense preseason hype when transfers Wade Baldwin and Marques Townes entered the fray and joined Karl Towns to form what became know as the 'Big 3', but success wasn't immediate. ...